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Alibaba Cloud vs SAP Commerce Cloud comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 1, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Alibaba Cloud
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (7th)
SAP Commerce Cloud
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
eCommerce Platforms (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Alibaba Cloud and SAP Commerce Cloud aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Alibaba Cloud is designed for Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) and holds a mindshare of 7.7%, down 10.7% compared to last year.
SAP Commerce Cloud, on the other hand, focuses on eCommerce Platforms, holds 6.1% mindshare, down 15.2% since last year.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Alibaba Cloud7.7%
Amazon AWS17.1%
Microsoft Azure10.2%
Other65.0%
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
eCommerce Platforms Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
SAP Commerce Cloud6.1%
Adobe Commerce6.8%
Salesforce Commerce Cloud5.2%
Other81.9%
eCommerce Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Min HtetOo - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Marketing Officer at Soft Intelligence
The solution is useful for application development, but the user interface and user experience must be improved
The product must be made easier to use. The design is a bit tricky. When we log in to the Alibaba Cloud Marketplace and browse products, they look very small. The user experience must be improved. Alibaba Cloud must increase its partner network and brand awareness in our country. It will give our customers more opportunities to scale and save in the long run.
MB
Digital Design Manager at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Improving User Experience with Effective Platform Integration
Based on my experience with SAP Commerce Cloud, I have thoughts regarding data analysis and analytics; I know they have this feature because I've never seen it. When I ask my colleagues about data, they say they don't have it, so I may need to inform them that SAP Commerce Cloud has such a feature because they never have data about the e-commerce currently. The multi-languages and multi-currency features in SAP Commerce Cloud are useful for us because we have it cross-country, with an e-commerce presence in the US and another in Europe. Based on my experience, working with SAP Commerce Cloud can be a bit complex, considering what my colleagues say, but I haven't had direct experience with this. I rate SAP Commerce Cloud five out of ten.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"What's good about Alibaba Cloud is its database service. It's also good in the virtual machine area."
"It is easy to set up."
"I rate Alibaba Cloud's scalability an eight out of ten."
"We use the solution's AI features for data analysis."
"Feature-wise, it provides many features. ECS, VM, SP, bucket object storage, and databases are the most valuable."
"Alibaba Cloud has lower costs and good support."
"ECS is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"It is a scalable product. So, scaling up or scaling down is possible."
"In SAP Commerce Cloud, I find the integration and the back-end part most valuable because they can be easily integrated with the SAP product catalog and CRM and so on."
"SAP Hybris provides us with all of the e-commerce features that a client could need."
"The tool has good performance."
"SAP Hybris Commerce is a very advanced e-commerce platform compared to other platforms such as WebSphere Commerce, Oracle Commerce, and others."
"The tool supports multiple currencies."
"Some of the most valuable features are its personalized offering, promotion engine, and customer support module."
"If you have a client and they want to have an e-commerce project that is based on solid principles, you don't need too much time to develop it."
"The simple steps for configuring your checkout processes, as well as the promotional engine, are the most valuable features of this solution."
 

Cons

"Regarding security issues, Alibaba Cloud is more complex and better suited for developers and R&D teams. On the other hand, Google Cloud is more convenient for new users."
"The solution should have more integration."
"A big area for improvement in Alibaba Cloud is its support. Another area for improvement in Alibaba Cloud is SDK-based service because sometimes, the SDKs don't work correctly. Support for API-based services also needs improvement in Alibaba Cloud because, at the moment, it's not that stable."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"The flexibility of the solution could be improved."
"The majority of the tools and processes, in general, have a lot of room for improvement."
"The solution needs to improve its graphical user interface."
"The support offered by the tool is ridiculous."
"They have just started to work with the cloud, but they only support Microsoft Azure."
"The support team should improve the response time."
"SAP Commerce needs to have a credit limit like Salesforce. Currently, we have to do the coding and customization and then showcase it to the user."
"A public cloud solution of this software would open great possibilities."
"In terms of what could be improved, I would say the product search. There will be multiple criteria to search products and there will be a number of products in different categories. The question is how soon can I find the product which I'm looking for. The search can be improved."
"Like every other SAP solution, it is very heavy. Also, the transition to the cloud is not very smooth because it is not really a SaaS solution. The upgrades are also not as smooth as you would expect from a complete cloud solution. It should have a product recommendation feature as well as a promotional feature. It should also have more personalizations."
"It is very expensive to implement, which is why many companies who can't afford would normally move to Salesforce or Magento."
"The initial setup was complex because it was a prime migration from the PrestaShop platform to commerce cloud, and it was very, very complex to migrate some data from one side to the other."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I'm not sure about the exact pricing, but let's just say if it cost a dollar for Amazon AWS, it was closer to 70 to 80 cents for Alibaba Cloud."
"Pricing for Alibaba Cloud is a little bit cheaper. It has reasonable pricing."
"We cut our costs significantly by migrating our infrastructure to the cloud. Alibaba Cloud employs a pay-as-you-go model, so that minimizes many costs for us."
"The price of Alibaba Cloud is good. If I was to use Microsoft Azure I would have to pay 30 percent more."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten."
"I don't know the exact cost. It is cheaper than AWS."
"The cost of Alibaba Cloud is lower than that of AWS, but I feel that its price is on the higher end of the spectrum. Alibaba Cloud charges its users a price in dollars"
"The cost is better than similar solutions."
"The product is expensive. I would rate its price a seven out of ten. The solution's licensing is yearly."
"The solution is expensive."
"The price is too high."
"SAP Hybris is expensive, which is why only the large clients use it. At the same time, I think that the return on investment warrants it."
"This is an expensive solution."
"The price is quite high."
"The solution is very expensive in Turkey."
"I don't know the cost, but it can be expensive."
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Comparison Review

it_user9726 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 5, 2013
WCS vs Hybris vs ATG - Feature Smackdown
They say "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder", so if you are a purist in one of these technologies you would probably never agree to my comparison matrix, However these are my personal opinion, From my experience standpoint I have longest exposure to WCS Commerce Suite and the least with ATG…
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Computer Software Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Alibaba Cloud?
ECS is the most valuable feature of the solution.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Alibaba Cloud?
On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten.
What needs improvement with Alibaba Cloud?
Alibaba Cloud needs to improve emails. Its pricing can also be lower. Regarding security issues, Alibaba Cloud is more complex and better suited for developers and R&D teams. On the other hand,...
What needs improvement with SAP Hybris Commerce?
The main issue for improvement with SAP Commerce Cloud is the UX/UI and the fact that it's difficult to change it because of technical constraints, which makes it insufficient as it currently exist...
What is your primary use case for SAP Hybris Commerce?
My main use case is B2B commerce where we work on design improvement and new functionalities that the platform doesn't have out of the box.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Hybris Commerce?
I don't know how to rate pricing for the product, as I'm not involved in that aspect.
 

Also Known As

No data available
SAP Hybris Commerce, Hybris, SAP Hybris on AWS
 

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Sample Customers

Schneider Electric, BorderX Lab, Royal Philips, Catchpoint, Conversant, Blogmint
NHS 24
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